BRYN HAWORTH

Keep The Ball Rolling (A&M AMLH 68507) 1979 UK *

Keep The Ball Rolling continues in the commercial direction with samplings of brassy disco (‘First Time’), MOR (‘Let Me Love You’) and jazzy orchestrated ballads (‘City Boy’). Still enough room for the blues, including “Unemployment Blues’, the horn—backed ‘Working For Love’, the acoustically picked ‘Party Girl’ and the honky—tonkin’ slide— guitar title track. Also some good mid-rocking numbers like ‘Standing On The Rock’, ‘Luxury Liner’ and an endearing instrumental cover of ‘Unchained Melody’, all rendered with Bryn’s usual skillful touch. (The Archivist, 4th edition by Ken Scott).